Put Cast Shadows aside for the moment. We'll return to it when we're done with Summative Collages
Open a new Photoshop canvas sized 16x20 inches.
Call it 'Summative Collage' with your name appended
Add 14 layers, one for each image that will be in the collage
Duplicate the background. Call it "Collage Background". Use the background tools we practiced this trimester
paint bucket fill
gradient
style
render clouds
Go to each layer and add the image you created this trimester that fits it
Go to Text layer and add big bold text of your attitude. Make sure it's at the top.
Go to the Your Head layer
crop your head out of your school picture
add just that floating head to the summative collage layer--big enough to see. You might have to enlarge with Free Transform. Drag it toward the top so it overlays other layers
Arrange each image on its layer so it shows through to the full collage as you want it to. Remember: You must be on the layer to format/adjust the layer's image
Add a final layer discussing your attitude--a couple sentences of text that stand out reflecting what you understand about your attitude through this class (using images, Photoshop) that you didn't get from other medium.
Save your summative collage as both as a psd and a jpg (make jpg less than 1 MB) in your file folder. Upload it to the class dropbox
Print jpg using BlockPosters.com. This is a student-directed activity--read the directions and see how to print correctly. Don't print full size--print so it spreads over 2-4 pages.
Tape together and turn in
Add your collage to your wiki page with a reflection (it can be the same as the one you put on the collage) and to the Summative Collage class page
Done? Check your wiki and be sure it's a representative portfolio of your work
each project has an example
each project has a reflection
there's a Table of Contents with all projects listed
extraneous material is deleted from the wiki page
Done? Add your projects to class wiki pages that discuss your topic. For example, add your clone project to wiki's clone page.
Copy-paste a picture that shares your thoughts about your attitude
On the menu bar, choose Image-Adjustments-Hue/saturation
In the dialog box, drag the Hue, Saturation, Lightness sliders left or right until it is the color you want (I picked b&w).
Click OK on dialogue box to finish.
Set the History Brush (from last lesson) to sample the original picture and paint over areas you want to stand out
Add before/after to your wiki.
Project: Car Color
Google your favorite car and use Hue-Saturation to change the color.
Copy-paste a picture of your favorite care into PS from Google images
Use Hue/saturation to change the car's color
Use history brush to paint the rest of the picture back to the original color (windshields, rims, license plate, bumpers, lights, etc.).
Put both pictures in your wiki so I can see the difference
Filters
Voki Group
April 10th, 12th, 2012
Find a picture on Google images that says your attitude. Open it in Photoshop (copy-paste or save and Open-new). Try different Filters. Take a snapshot of those you like
Now select a new picture from Google images that communicates the attitude you selected for your summative collage. Select detail with the marquee tool from this picture and filter just the detail or the inverse of the detail. I've selected one of the elephants in this picture and filtered around it. Where have you seen this skill used in magazines and print media?
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Filter out TWO parts of the image you selected with TWO different filters Use either the history brush or the selection tool. Add text to explain how your editing enhanced the message of your attitude.
Add partly-filtered image to your wiki page. Call it 'filters'.
Reflect on it
how does filtering part of the image change the picture?
how might you use this in other classes?
was this difficult?
where have you seen this in print media or on the internet
Art history brush--practice with the art history brush
Cropping
April 3rd, 5th, 2012
Three types of cropping--
Marquis (box)
Lasso (and magnetic lasso)
Magic wand
Be sure to use the top toolbar to fine tune the tool, i.e.,
how_to_magic_wand.png
Practice all three on a picture that follows your selected IB attitude
Two required pictures:
1. Your picture on a background that support the IB attitude you've picked as a theme (this will be part of the Summative Collage)
crop yourself out with lasso or magic wand
drag and drop onto a background
resize using free transform
2. Your head on a SMAA-appropriate body (see examples below) that support your IB attitude
Use your classroom picture
crop just your head
put it onto an
animal
flower
anything that ties into your selected attitude and shows you understand this skill
crop using lasso or magic wand or combination
select the picture you will add yourself to
drag-and-drop onto picture
resize/cant to fit location (make sure it covers the original picture using free transform)
use 'free transform' to make it fit better (edit-free transform)
Use 'opacity' to make the background show through a bit (on the image layer's tool box)
save to your wiki page using Heading 1 as 'Cropping'
reflect on this project, its uses, difficulty, where you've seen it don
Backgrounds
March 29, 2012
We will create 4 different backgrounds:
1. Background--foreground color
Open a new canvas. Make it 4 by 4
add a layer. Name it 'paint bucket'
Select the paint bucket
Pour a color for the background. It will match the foreground color on your pallet.
Add another layer. Name it 'pattern'
Change the top tool selection to pattern and pour a pattern
2. Gradient
Add a new layer. Name it 'gradient'
Change the paint bucket to gradient
Pick your gradient tool as follows:
ps_gradiant.png
Drag mouse across screen and create a gradient background
3. Style tools
Open a new layer. Name it 'style'
check right side and be sure the new layer is selected
double click and rename it 'styles'
Select the paint bucket (under the gradient tool)
Select a style
Pour the 'style' with the paint bucket
change the style by selecting a new one
4. Render Clouds
pick two colors for your clouds
Filter>render>clouds
Create a drawing showing all of your backgrounds
Use the marquee tool to drill holes in each layer to show the layer beneath it
Check to be sure you're on the correct layer as you're drilling. For lower layers, you'll have to drill through multiple layers to find the lower layer
label each 'hole' to a lower layer with the text tool (see sample below)
Go to 'Custom Shapes' (under the rectangle tool)
Add some to your project--any you like
Recolor them by selecting a style that goes with them
paste a screen shot into your wiki. Heading 1 should be 'Backgrounds'.
Watch 5 minutes of this video. Do the rest as homework.
Open a new canvas. Notice
new image dialogue box
inches vs. pixels
size of image
title box
tool bars
history box
Navigator
Channel
foreground/background color
create a new image. Look at the 'new image' dialogue
add a title--Paint; make sure it includes your name
make the width/height 4x5 (change pixels to inches)
notice the image size
change background contents to 'background color'
leave the rest for now
if you have an image in your clipboard, it'll size for the clipboard contents
Know how to reset workspace to default in case you close toolbars
know how to de-maximize canvas so it doesn't cover entire workspace
review layout of left sidebar
see how top tools change as you select a tool?
use paint brush tool--dot in corner shows different types of brushes. Select 'paint brush'
Notice how top toolbar changes with each tool selected in left sidebar toolbar
select brush size 20 from top toolbar
select a traditional brush first, then others from brush choices
leave 'opacity' and 'flow' for later
draw a picture of your Summative II attitude
change brush and change foreground color
add brushes (little arrow by brush dialogue) and append list
see how the paint brush color matches the foreground color
go to Navigator--enlarge and delarge
go to Channel---hide some of the channels
go to history--go back in time
Finish Paint project of your IB attitude
5 colors
5 brushes
use text tool to add a title
change font
change size
shape if you want
use Styles for creative color (on right side, tab)
be sure you're in the Text layer for this to work
Save image as a jpg. Notice how PS saves (jpg, psd, tiff, etc)
Paste into wiki
Add reflection--was this difficult? Do you like all the options available? Could you do this in KidPix/Paint, as well?
MS Word Graphic Editing
March 22, 2012
Today:
MS Word Skills
Open a Word doc
Add your name at the top of the document with correct 8th grade heading
copy-paste one of the row images below into the Word doc
go to 'Picture Tools' at the top, center of your Word page.
Copy-paste the image so you have as many copies of the original as figures in the row graphic. This will allow you to crop out each little image as a stand-alone.
Crop each image so it's separate
Adjust picture with
artistic effects
change color
Adjust picture styles
pick a style
add an effect
add a border
cant the figure to a different angle (drag the green dot at the top of the image to the angle you'd like)
Take a screen shot of the completed page and upload to your wiki page with a reflection on MS Word photo editing tools, how you might use them, how easy/difficult they are. Remember to add Heading 1 so I see it in the Table of Contents
Create a Tagxedo using 50 words that tell me about the IB attitude you've selected.
Insert tagxedo into your wiki by using Tagxedo's 'share' button and the wiki's embed function. This will make the tagxedo interactive as you see above.
Add a 3-5 sentence reflection
Be sure to check Discussion Tab on your wiki page to see if I have comments/suggestions for you or if your classmates have visited your page
Fill out this Scavenger Hunt with details from the wiki (see file below; open and save to your file folder; complete all steps). You may work with your neighbor, but I want a completed sheet from each of you.
If you haven't selected the Summative You Teach team or your IB Attitude theme by March 22nd, I'll assign.
Summative Collage -- Clean up Your Wiki Page
February 16th-March 6th, 2012
Open a new Photoshop canvas sized 16x20 inches.
Call it 'Summative Collage' with your name appended
Duplicate the background. Call it "Collage Background". Use the background tools we practiced this trimester
paint bucket fill
gradient
style
render clouds
Add a layer for each image that will be in the collage (also a Scratch layer--forgot it on this image)
Go to the Tagxedo layer and add the Tagxedo you finished
Go to Text layer and add big bold text of your attitude. Drag it to the top.
Go to Paint Picture layer and add the Paint drawing you did this trimester
Go to the Your Head layer
crop your head out of your school picture
add just that floating head to the summative collage layer--big enough to see. You might have to enlarge with Free Transform. Drag it toward the top so it overlays other layers
Go to Avatar layer and add the avatar you created earlier this trimester
Go to Voki layer and add the Voki you created this trimester.
Go to the Clone Layer and add the clone picture from this trimester
Go to the filter layer and add the filter picture you created in class
Go to Crop Layer and add an image showing cropping and your attitude
Arrange each image on its layer so it shows through to the full collage as you want it to. Remember: You must be on the layer to format/adjust the layer's image
Add a final layer discussing your attitude--a couple sentences of text that stand out
Save your summative collage as both as a psd and a jpg (make jpg less than 1 MB) in your file folder. Upload it to the class dropbox
Print jpg using BlockPosters.com. Don't print full size--print so it spreads over 2-4 pages.
Tape together and turn in
Add your collage to your wiki page with a reflection (it can be the same as the one you put on the collage) and to the Summative Collage class page
Done? Check your wiki and be sure it's a representative portfolio of your work
each project has an example
each project has a reflection
there's a Table of Contents with all projects listed
extraneous material is deleted from the wiki page
Done? Add your projects to class wiki pages that discuss your topic. For example, add your clone project to wiki's clone page.
Create a drop-shadow for an image
On your wiki, I want to see:
you with a cast shadow of your alter ego
a button with a drop shadow
Hue/Saturation
Feb. 7, 9th, 2012
There are two projects today:
hue/saturation
change car color
Here's what you do for Hue/Saturation
Copy-paste a picture that shares your thoughts about your attitude
On the menu bar, choose Image-Adjustments-Hue/saturation
In the dialog box, drag the Hue, Saturation, Lightness sliders left or right until it is the color you want (I picked b&w).
Click OK on dialogue box to finish.
Set the History Brush (from last lesson) to sample the original picture and paint over areas you want to stand out
Add before/after to your wiki.
Project: Car Color
Google your favorite car and use Hue-Saturation to change the color.
Copy-paste a picture of your favorite care into PS from Google images
Use Hue/saturation to change the car's color
Use history brush to paint the rest of the picture back to the original color (windshields, rims, license plate, bumpers, lights, etc.).
Put both pictures in your wiki so I can see the difference
Filters
GettingTrickyWithWikis Group
January 31st, Feb. 2nd, 2012
show how to edit Glogster widget so it fits on Wiki page
Find a picture on Google images that says your attitude. Open it in Photoshop (copy-paste or save and Open-new)
||
Try different Filters. Take a snapshot of those you like
Now select a new picture from Google images that communicates the attitude you selected for your summative collage. Select detail with the marquee tool from this picture and filter just the detail or the inverse of the detail. I've selected one of the elephants in this picture and filtered around it. Where have you seen this skill used in magazines and print media?
||
Filter out TWO parts of the image you selected with TWO different filters Use either the history brush or the selection tool. Add text to explain how your editing enhanced the message of your attitude.
Add partly-filtered image to your wiki page. Call it 'filters'.
Reflect on it
how does filtering part of the image change the picture?
how might you use this in other classes?
was this difficult?
where have you seen this in print media or on the internet?
Cloning
Glogster
January 24th-26th, 2012
Make a poster using Glogster about your attitude
Cloning:
Using the clone tool, we can start with a picture of flowers
Use Alt to set your anchor point
Paint with your mouse to add more flowers
Or pick the flowers
Or clone from one picture
to another
Now practice your cloning skills with a picture of your attitude. Show me the original (upload to your wiki page) and show me how you cloned it to express your attitude (upload the edited picture to your page). Reflect on how your changes conveyed your thoughts about your attitude.
For example, clone a third penguin in and show cooperation (in this case, I cloned it OUT and had the original show cooperation):
Cropping
January 19th, 21st, 2012
Three types of cropping--
Marquis (box)
Lasso (and magnetic lasso)
Magic wand
Be sure to use the top toolbar to fine tune the tool, i.e.,
how_to_magic_wand.png
Practice all three on a picture that follows your selected IB attitude
Two required pictures:
1. Your picture on a background that support the IB attitude you've picked as a theme (this will be part of the Summative Collage)
crop yourself out with lasso or magic wand
drag and drop onto a background
resize using free transform
2. Your head on a SMAA-appropriate body (see examples below) that support your IB attitude
Use your classroom picture
crop just your head
put it onto an
animal
flower
anything that ties into your selected attitude and shows you understand this skill
crop using lasso or magic wand or combination
select the picture you will add yourself to
drag-and-drop onto picture
resize/cant to fit location (make sure it covers the original picture using free transform)
mt_rushmore_and_me.jpg
use 'free transform' to make it fit better (edit-free transform)
Use 'opacity' to make the background show through a bit (on the image layer's tool box)
save to your wiki page using Heading 1 as 'Cropping'
reflect on this project, its uses, difficulty, where you've seen it don
Monkey Mail
Voki
Backgrounds
January 11th, 2012
3. Style tools
Open a new layer. Name it 'style'
check right side and be sure the new layer is selected
double click and rename it 'styles'
Select the paint bucket (under the gradient tool)
Select a style
Pour the 'style' with the paint bucket
change the style by selecting a new one
4. Render Clouds
pick two colors for your clouds
Filter>render>clouds
Create a drawing showing all of your backgrounds
Use the marquee tool to drill holes in each layer to show the layer beneath it
Check to be sure you're on the correct layer as you're drilling. For lower layers, you'll have to drill through multiple layers to find the lower layer
label each 'hole' to a lower layer with the text tool (see sample below)
Go to 'Custom Shapes' (under the rectangle tool)
Add some to your project--any you like
Recolor them by selecting a style that goes with them
paste a screen shot into your wiki. Heading 1 should be 'Backgrounds'.
Watch 5 minutes of this video. Do the rest as homework.
Open a new canvas. Notice
new image dialogue box
inches vs. pixels
size of image
title box
tool bars
history box
Navigator
Channel
foreground/background color
create a new image. Look at the 'new image' dialogue
add a title--Paint; make sure it includes your name
make the width/height 4x5 (change pixels to inches)
notice the image size
change background contents to 'background color'
leave the rest for now
if you have an image in your clipboard, it'll size for the clipboard contents
Know how to reset workspace to default in case you close toolbars
know how to de-maximize canvas so it doesn't cover entire workspace
review layout of left sidebar
see how top tools change as you select a tool?
use paint brush tool--dot in corner shows different types of brushes. Select 'paint brush'
Notice how top toolbar changes with each tool selected in left sidebar toolbar
select brush size 20 from top toolbar
select a traditional brush first, then others from brush choices
leave 'opacity' and 'flow' for later
draw a picture of your Summative II attitude
change brush and change foreground color
add brushes (little arrow by brush dialogue) and append list
see how the paint brush color matches the foreground color
go to Navigator--enlarge and delarge
go to Channel---hide some of the channels
go to history--go back in time
draw a picture of yourself (or your favorite pet or a tree in your backyard) with at least five brushes, five different colors.
MS Word Graphic Editing
January 3rd
Today:
MS Word Skills
Open a Word doc
Add your name at the top of the document with correct 8th grade heading
copy-paste one of the row images below into a Word doc
go to 'Picture Tools' at the top, center of your Word page.
Copy-paste the image so you have as many copies of the original as figures in the row graphic. This will allow you to crop out each little image as a stand-alone.
Crop each image so it's separate
Adjust picture with
artistic effects
change color
Adjust picture styles
pick a style
add an effect
add a border
cant the figure to a different angle (drag the green dot at the top of the image to the angle you'd like)
Take a screen shot of the completed page and upload to your wiki page with a reflection on MS Word photo editing tools, how you might use them, how easy/difficult they are. Remember to add Heading 1 so I see it in the Table of Contents
Fill out this Scavenger Hunt with details from the wiki (see file below; open and save to your file folder; complete all steps).You may work with your neighbor, but I want a completed sheet from each of you.
Add your avatar to your wikipage with a heading (formatted in Heading 1 so it appears in the Table of Contents)
Add a reflection.
Summative Collage
Clean up Your Wiki Page
November 8th-November 17th
Create your Tagxedo for your collage
use an image of your choice if you'd like--no background, simple image
Save your Tagxedo
Open a new Photoshop canvas sized 16x20 inches.
Call it 'Summative Collage' with your name appended
Add a layer for each image that will be in the collage:
Go to the Tagxedo layer and add the Tagxedo you just finished
Go to Text layer and add big bold text of your attitude
Go to Paint Picture layer and add the Paint drawing you did at the start of the trimester
Go to the Cropped Image of Yourself layer
crop your head out of your school picture
add just that floating head to the summative collage layer--big enough to see. You might have to enlarge with Free Transform
Go to Avatar/voki layer and add the avatar or voki you created earlier this trimester
Go to the Clone Layer and add a picture that says your attitude and shows your cloning skills
Go to each of the three filter layers and add the three filter pictures you created in class
Go to Background Layer and create a background with the tools we used earlier this trimester. Make sure it fills the entire layer. Drag this layer so it's right above the background layer. The background tools are:
paint bucket fill
gradiant
style
Arrange each image on its layer so it shows through to the full collage as you want it to. Remember: You must be on the layer to format/adjust the layer's image
Save your summative collage as both as a psd and a jpg (make jpg less than 1 MB) in your file folder. Upload it to the class dropbox
Print jpg using BlockPosters.com. Don't print full size--print so it spreads over 2-4 pages.
Tape together and turn in
Done? Check your wiki and be sure it's a representative portfolio of your work
each project has an example
each project has a reflection
there's a Table of Contents with all projects listed
extraneous material is deleted from the wiki page
Done? Visit our class internet start page for websites
Find a picture on Google images that says your attitude. Open it in Photoshop (copy-paste or save and Open-new)
||
Try different Filters. Take a snapshot of those you like
Save one for your wiki and for your Summative collage
Now select a new picture from Google images that communicates the attitude you selected for your summative collage. Select detail with the marquee tool from this picture and filter just the detail or the inverse of the detail. I've selected one of the elephants in this picture and filtered around it. Where have you seen this skill used in magazines and print media?
|| ||
Add partly-filtered image to your wiki page (like above image or the next one). Call it 'filters'.
Reflect on it
how does filtering part of the image change the picture?
how might you use this in other classes?
was this difficult?
where have you seen this in print media or on the internet?
Cloning and Decloning
Oct. 27, 2011
Cloning
Using the clone tool, we can start with a picture of flowers
Daisies.jpg
Daisies.jpg
Use Alt to set your anchor point
Paint with your mouse to add more flowers
Daisies--cloned.jpg
Daisies--cloned.jpg
Or pick the flowers
Daisies--removed.jpg
Daisies--removed.jpg
Or clone from one picture
to another
Now practice your cloning skills with one of these pictures:
Get rid of the large middle tree (that extends to the top of the picture, or
trees.gif
Get rid of the middle penguin, or
penguins.gif
or get rid of the poles like I've done here:
Iowa-roadnotcloned.jpg
Iowa-roadnot.jpg
Move seats
Cropping
October 25, 2011
Three types of cropping--
Marquis (box)
Lasso
Magic wand
Be sure to use the top toolbar to fine tune the tool, i.e.,
how_to_magic_wand.png
Two required pictures:
1. Your picture on a background of your choice from Windows Wallpaper (K-4 students)
crop yourself out with lasso or magic wand
drag and drop onto a background
resize using free transform
2. Your head on a SMAA-appropriate body (see examples below)
Use your classroom picture
crop just your head
put it onto an
animal
flower
anything to show you understand this skill
crop using lasso or magic wand or combination
select the picture you will add yourself to
drag-and-drop onto picture
resize/cant to fit location (make sure it covers the original picture using free transform)
mt_rushmore_and_me.jpg
use 'free transform' to make it fit better (edit-free transform)
Use 'opacity' to make the background show through a bit (on the image layer's tool box)
save to your wiki page using Heading 1 as 'Cropping'
reflect on this project, its uses, difficulty, where you've seen it done
Backgrounds
Paint Bucket
Styles
Patterns
Gradients
Custom Shapes
October 20, 2011
Note: Have this project submitted by noon Friday for full credit. Late: See me for partial credit
Background--foreground color
Open a new canvas. Make it 4 by 4
add a layer. Name it 'paint bucket'
Select the paint bucket
Pour a color for the background. It will match the foreground color on your pallet.
Add another layer. Name it 'pattern'
Change the top tool selection to pattern and pour a pattern
Gradient
Add a new layer. Name it 'gradient'
Change the paint bucket to gradient
Pick your gradient tool as follows:
ps_gradiant.png
Drag mouse across screen and create a gradient background
Style tools
Open a new layer. Name it 'style'
check right side and be sure the new layer is selected
double click and rename it 'styles'
Select the paint bucket (under the gradient tool)
Select a style
Pour the 'style' with the paint bucket
change the style by selecting a new one
Create a drawing showing all of your backgrounds
Use the marquee tool to drill holes in each layer to show the layer beneath it
Check to be sure you're on the correct layer as you're drilling. For lower layers, you'll have to drill through multiple layers to find the lower layer
label each 'hole' to a lower layer with the text tool (see sample below)
Go to 'Custom Shapes' (under the rectangle tool)
Add some to your project--any you like
Recolor them by selecting a style that goes with them
paste a screen shot into your wiki. Heading 1 should be 'Backgrounds, Styles'.
Use this picture of a crow and adjust the dark background
After you've copied this into Photoshop, create a duplicate layer--always do this with images you are working on. You don't want to work on the background layer.
take a snapshot of your changes and compare the images
paste your original dark picture of the crow and your improved version into your wiki page as before/after levels
finish your paint projects. Upload a screen shot (or jpg file) to your wiki page. Reflect.
Was this more difficult than you expected?
How do you show a picture of a word--art over text?
What did you get out of this project?
Do you understand your IB attitude better
Done? Create a Tagxedo of your IB attitude (50 words) to use in your Summative collage. Save it to your file folder as one of the ten images you'll need.
Done with the Tagxedo? Create an avatar (or Voki) that evokes your IB attitude. Save a screen shot of it to your file folder as one of the ten images you'll need for the Summative collage
Watch 5 minutes of this video. Do the rest as homework.
Open a new canvas. Notice
new image dialogue box
inches vs. pixels
size of image
title box
tool bars
history box
Navigator
Channel
foreground/background color
create a new image. Look at the 'new image' dialogue
add a title; make sure it includes your name
make the width/height 4x5 (change pixels to inches)
notice the image size
change background contents to 'background color'
leave the rest for now
if you have an image in your clipboard, it'll size for the clipboard contents
Know how to reset workspace to default in case you close toolbars
know how to de-maximize canvas so it doesn't cover entire workspace
MS Word Photo Editing
Sept. 29th
Today:
MS Word Skills (this project is due Friday at noon)
Open a Word doc
Add your name at the top of the document with correct 8th grade heading
copy-paste one of the row images below into a Word doc
(I don't know if the animated ducks will work. They're just fun)
go to 'Picture Tools' at the top, center of your Word page.
Copy-paste the image so you have as many copies of the original as figures in the row graphic. This will allow you to crop out each little image as a stand-alone.
Crop each image so it's separate
Adjust picture with
artistic effects
change color
Adjust picture styles
pick a style
add an effect
add a border
cant the figure to a different angle (drag the green dot at the top of the image to the angle you'd like)
Take a screen shot of the completed page and upload to your wiki page with a reflection on MS Word photo editing tools, how you might use them, how easy/difficult they are. Remember to add Heading 1 so I see it in the Table of Contents
Done? Continue work on your Summative--You Teach
Done? Start on Summative II
Summative I
Sept. 27
end of week: Tagxedo project due uploaded to wiki
be sure to check discussions on your personal page for my comments
Take this class to work with your partners on Summative--You Teach. Work with your groups. This may be the only time you have in class to work on this (exception: Scratch group)
Avatar (cont'd)
Tagxedo
Sept. 22
Finish the Avatar
Save it using PrintKey 2000 (make sure it has your name in the filename)
Upload to your wiki page
Have a heading I for 'avatar',
add a 3-5 sentence reflection
This is a model on how each of your projects will be added to the wiki
Create a Tagxedo using 50 words that tell me what you want to learn in Photoshop
Insert it into your wiki with a 3-5 sentence reflection
Speed Quiz
Teaching Group Assignments
Avatar
Sept. 20th
Review scavenger hunt
Grades out Friday for your wiki page, TofC, avatar with reflections
Add your avatar to your wikipage with a heading (formatted in Heading 1 so it appears in the Table of Contents). When you upload images for your wiki page, be sure to include your name and what the image is. Don't forget your name!! Reflect on the need for privacy on the internet
Done? Pick your Summative--You Teach project with your team. Add all four names (or three) of team members beside the program you selected. If you haven't selected one by Sept. 16th, I'll assign it
Scavenger Hunt
Sept. 15th
start each class here so you can see what we're going to do. 8thgradephotoshop.wikispaces.com is
with a partner with details from the wiki (see file below; open and save to your file folder; complete all steps).You may work with your neighbor, but I want a completed sheet from each of you.
Add your avatar to your wikipage with a heading (formatted in Heading 1 so it appears in the Table of Contents)
Done? Pick your Summative--You Teach project with your team. Add all four names (or three) of team members beside the program you selected. If you haven't selected one by Sept. 16th, I'll assign it.
Intro II to Photoshop
Sept. 13th
Finish Intro
Join Wiki
Create your page using the Student Template
After I approve your membership, you can add your student page
Find group of three for Summative--You Teach. Visit Web 2.0 Tools to pick your project. Email me who's in your group and what your project is.
Introduction to Photoshop
Sept. 8th
About me
Log onto school website, MyFalcon and your Gmail account
Extra Credit:
Would you like to write an article for my technology blog, Ask a Tech Teacher? Would you like 5 points Extra Credit? Here's what you do:
Visit the blog
Review a few of the articles to get a sense of the structure
Write a post about your thoughts on technology as an eighth grader, how you use your technology, what you see in the future, or a book review on a book that relates to the topic
All articles must be up-beat, positive encouraging to readers. A sense of humor is welcome
Create a drop-shadow for an image
On your wiki, I want to see:
you with a drop shadow
you with a cast shadow of your alter ego
a button with a drop shadow
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Hue/Saturation
May 12th, 17th
There are two projects today:
hue/saturation
change car color
Here's what you do for Hue/Saturation
Copy-paste the picture below to your Photoshop (or pick your own picture)
On the menu bar, choose Image-Adjustments-Hue/saturation
In the dialog box, drag the Hue, Saturation, Lightness sliders left or right until the pumpkin is the color you want. Don't worry about the rest of the picture. We'll take care of that later.
Click OK on dialogue box to finish.
Set the History Brush (from last lesson) to sample the original picture and paint over areas you want to stand out
Project: Car Color
Google your favorite car and change the color.
Copy-paste a picture of your favorite care into PS from Google images
Use Hue/saturation to change the car's color
Use history brush to paint the rest of the picture back to the original color. Make sure you paint back windows, bumpers, lights, etc.
Put both pictures in your wiki so I can see the difference
car--murray.gif
car--after--murray_copy.jpg
History Brush
Art History Brush
One more way to filter a picture is with the art history brush.
Open a new picture in Photoshop.
Filter it. I've used paint daubs
Select the History brush. It's nested with the art history brush
Using Photoshop's Art History Brush To Create A Painting Effect - Photoshop Tutorial
It automatically anchors back to the original picture.
Paint a part of your picture to make the original image reappear. Do you see the difference in the water and the flowers?
Next, select the Art History tool. It's under the History Brush
Select the brush size and opacity
Paint over your picture with the art history brush you've selected
art_history_2.jpg
Save to your wiki.
Select the source location by going to History and clicking to the left of the original picture
how-to_art_history.png
Now use the history brush. Set the anchor to the original picture. Paint part of your picture back to the original
Open one of the pictures from K-4 Students, Windows Wallpaper
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3A5C4BAA.jpg
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filter.jpg
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Try different Filters. Take a snapshot of those you like
Take a screen shot of at least one for your wiki
Now, select quadrants with the marquee tool and filter each quadrant differently
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quads.jpg
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Add to your wiki page.
Now select a new picture from Network-Zeus-K-4 students--Windows Wallpaper. Select detail from this picture and filter just the detail. I've selected just two of the elephants and filtered them. Then, I selected the background and blurred it. Do you like it?
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filter_images.jpg
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Add to your wiki page (this image or the next one)
Now select the main image in your picture; select inverse (so everything is selected except your main image) and filter the picture
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paint_daubs.jpg
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Which do you like best?
Keyboard practice
Cloning and Decloning
April 26th-28th
Cloning
Using the clone tool, we can start with a picture of flowers
Daisies.jpg
Daisies.jpg
Use Alt to set your anchor point
Paint with your mouse to add more flowers
Daisies--cloned.jpg
Daisies--cloned.jpg
Or pick the flowers
Daisies--removed.jpg
Daisies--removed.jpg
Or clone from one picture
to another
Now practice your cloning skills with one of these pictures:
Get rid of the large middle tree (that extends to the top of the picture, or
trees.gif
Get rid of the middle penguin, or
penguins.gif
or get rid of the poles like I've done here:
Iowa-roadnotcloned.jpg
Iowa-roadnot.jpg
Place your completed projects (one of cloning within a picture, one cloning between pictures and one removing an item from a picture) on your wiki page
Cropping
April 21
three types of cropping
add a picture of each to your wiki
Three types of cropping--
Marquis (box)
Lasso
Magic wand
Be sure to use the top toolbar to fine tune the tool, i.e.,
how_to_magic_wand.png
Show me a picture of two on your wiki page
Two required pictures:
1. Your picture on a background of your choice from Windows Wallpaper (K-4 students)
crop yourself out with lasso or magic wand
drag and drop onto a background
resize using free transform
2. Your head on a SMAA-appropriate body (see examples below)
Use your classroom picture
use just your head
put it onto an
animal
flower
anything to show you understand this skill
crop using lasso or magic wand or combination
select the picture you will add yourself to
drag-and-drop onto picture
resize to fit location (make sure it covers the original picture using free transform)
mt_rushmore_and_me.jpg
use 'free transform' to make it fit better (edit-free transform)
Use 'opacity' to make the background show through a bit (on the image layer's tool box)
save to your wiki page using Heading 1 as 'Cropping'
When you're done, save and add to wiki
Backgrounds
Styles
Patterns
Gradients
Custom Shapes
April 19th
Background--foreground color
Open a new canvas. Make it 4 by 4
Select the paint bucket
Pour a color for the background. It will match the foreground color on your pallet.
Style tools
Open a new layer.
go to layer-duplicate layer and duplicate the background layer
check right side and be sure the duplicate background layer is selected
double click and rename it 'styles'
Select the paint bucket (under the gradient tool)
Select a style
Pour the 'style' with the paint bucket
change the style by selecting a new one
Go to 'Custom Shapes' (under the rectangle tool)
Add some to your background--any you like
Recolor them by selecting a style that goes with them
Add text and stylize it's colors also
paste a screen shot into your wiki. Heading 1 should be 'Styles'.
Add your name at the top of the document with correct 8th grade heading
copy-paste this image into the doc
child2.gif
Select the image; go to 'Picture Tools' at the top, center. Copy-paste the image so you have five copies of the original. This will allow you to crop out each little person as a stand-alone.
Crop each image so it's separate
Adjust picture with
artistic effects
change color
Adjust picture styles
pick a style
add an effect
add a border
cant the figure to a different angle (drag the green dot at the top of the image to the angle you'd like)
Take a screen shot and upload to your wiki page. Remember to add a Heading so I see it in the Table of Contents
Fill out this Scavenger Hunt with details from the wiki (see file below; open and save to your file folder; complete all steps).You may work with your neighbor, but I want a completed sheet from each of you.
After I approve your membership, you can add your student page
Use the Student Page template
Add a table of contents
Extra Credit:
Would you like to write an article for my technology blog, Ask a Tech Teacher? Would you like 5 points Extra Credit? Here's what you do:
Visit the blog
Review a few of the articles to get a sense of the structure
Write a post about your thoughts on technology as an eighth grader, how you use your technology, what you see in the future, or a book review on a book that relates to the topic
All articles must be up-beat, positive encouraging to readers. A sense of humor is welcome
USNA or Bust--about how to get into the Naval Academy
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Complete Summative Collage
Feb. 28th-March. 17th
You will have the last three class periods to complete this hi-value summative project
Actions
Custom Shapes
Feb. 17th
Go the TypingTest.com and take two practice speed quizes in preparation for next school week's graded speed quiz
Now Photoshop. First, Actions
Open one of the pictures you've drawn this trimester (the collage, your class picture, etc)
Go to the Actions tab on the right side of the Photoshop screen
Select frames (if you don't see it, use the arrow to see more 'actions')
Push the go arrow to put a frame around the picture
Go to the 'frame' layer and adjust the appearance with the 'styles' tab if you'd like
Here's mine:
frame.gif
frame2.gif
Now, try a different Action--Quadrants
You can use the same picture or open a different one
Go to the Actions tab on the right side of the Photoshop screen
Go to images effects-quadrants
Push the go arrow to recolor your image in four colors
Here's mine:
quad.gif
Now, thy any Action you want. Experiment.
Post all three onto your wiki page.
Now, Custom Shapes
Open a picture you'd like to decorate
Open the 'custom shapes' tool under the Rectangle Tool
Go to the top toolbar and select a shape you like--or several
Add some to a picture of you--a crown, a fence, etc.
shape.gif
Render Clouds
Spotlight
Feb. 15th
First, Render Clouds
Select your class picture
Insert it into its own layer
Select background layer
Select a foreground and background color. These will be the colors of your clouds.
Filter-render-clouds
Save and insert into your wiki page
clouds.gif
Second, Spotlight
Filter-render-lighting effects or lighting flare. Play with these. You'll want to use them in your summative project
Save and insert into your wiki
light.gif
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Layers
Collage
Feb. 10th
Two tasks today:
email me with the topic you wish to create your summative project around. This is your collage. Click for more details.
finish your first summative--teaching a skill. This will be graded next week.
This is how you will do your summative project on Earth Day--find lots of pictures, add each to its own layer, filter/format them, artfully arrange them to tell your story. You will have to use 20 tools; you now have 15. We're almost there.
Open a new canvas
Add four layers
Name the layers 'House', 'tree', 'street', 'pet
add more if you like. Be sure each collage item has its own labeled layer
layers.gif
Google for examples of each of these and add them to their correct layer
you must be in their layer to move them around
use your paint brush to draw a street
go to the layers with the dog, tree, house to arrange them around your street
select the background layer
use the paint bucket to fill it with a background that fits the picture
use the paint brush to add grass
Use your paint tool to add sun, clouds, flowers so you have a complete picture
add text
select T tool (this will add a text layer on the right)
Adjust size to 48 or 72
type title in
format with the 'style' tab on right (remember this from your 'style' project)
format the shape ('warped shape' tool)
if you get out of the text, reselect the layer and reselect the T tool to format
Remember: you must be in the object's layer to format the object
collage_with_text.jpg
create a shadow of one item in the picture
save collage as a jpg and a psd and add to your wiki
Done? Add your projects to the Project pages on the left sidebar.
Layer Styles
Feb. 10th
If you finish the cast/drop shadows, play with the 'layer style' tool. It's on the bottom right, under 'layers'. It looks like a cursive 'f'.
Try its options. Create a drawing using some of the options. Post to your wiki.
Create a drop-shadow for an image
On your wiki, I want to see:
you with a drop shadow
you with a cast shadow of yourself
you with a cast shadow of something not yourself
a button with a drop shadow
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Red Eye
Whiten Teeth
Blemishes
Jan. 27th
Start on Editing Photographs
get rid of red eye with the magic wand and paint bucket fill (black for the pupil with opacity set to 40%)
whiten teeth with the dodge tool (20% and midtones)
When you're finished, fix up your class picture.
Put all pictures in your wikipage gallery
Now blemishes or wrinkles:
Use the healing tool to erase wrinkles--you may have to anchor it to begin
Be careful not to over do it
Use the Dodge tool to lighten up the whites of the eyes
Hue/Saturation
Jan. 25th
There are three projects on this day:
hue/saturation
straighten out the Leaning Tower of Pisa
change car color
Here's what you do for Hue/Saturation
Copy-paste the picture of the pumpkin below to your Photoshop (or pick your own picture)
On the menu bar, choose Image-Adjustments-Hue/saturation
In the dialog box, drag the Hue, Saturation, Lightness sliders left or right until the pumpkin is the color you want. Don't worry about the rest of the picture. We'll take care of that later.
blue_pumpkin--all_copy.jpg
Click OK on dialogue box to finish.
Set the History Brush (from last lesson) to sample the original picture and paint over all of the areas in the picture except the pumpkin. Leave that blue (or whatever color you selected).
blue_pumpkin_copy.jpg
Project: Focal Point
Select a picture from Windows Wallpaper (Network, Zeus, K-4 students, My Pictures, Windows Wallpaper)
Make it black and white
use the history brush to paint a focal point back to its original color
Save to your wiki and label them 'Hue/Saturation'
For example:
b&w.jpg
b&w_with_color.jpg
Project: Car Color
Google your favorite car and change the color.
Copy-paste a picture of your favorite care into PS from Google images
Use Hue/saturation to change the car's color
Use history brush to paint the rest of the picture back to the original color
Or, come up with your own way
Put both pictures in your wiki so I can see the difference
History Brush
Jan. 20th
Review Summative #1--teach the class a skill
Here's another way to filter just part of your picture:
Open a picture, like this one of the dogs
Dogs.gif
Filter it, say, as paint daubs
dogsdaubs.jpg
Go to history; select the original picture and click the space in front of it
dogs_history.png
Use the history brush on the left and paint over some of the dogs--they return to their original pristine condition
dogs_history.jpg
Now select your own picture from the internet and do the same skill.
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Art History Brush
One more way to filter a picture is with the art history brush.
Open a new picture in Photoshop
Select the Art History tool. It's under the History Brush
Using Photoshop's Art History Brush To Create A Painting Effect - Photoshop Tutorial
Select the source location by going to History and clicking to the left of the original picture
Select the brush size and opacity
Paint over your picture with the art history brush you've selected
Now use the history brush. Set the anchor to the original picture. Paint part of your picture back to the original
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Filtering pictures
Jan. 18th
Take 10 minutes to finish the cloning project. If you're finished, go to TTL4.
Open one of the pictures from K-4 Students, Windows Wallpaper
3A5C4BAA.jpg
filter.jpg
Try different Filters. Take a snapshot of those you like
Take a screen shot of at least one for your wiki
Now, select quadrants with the marquee tool and filter each quadrant differently
quads.jpg
Now select a new picture from Network-Zeus-K-4 students--Windows Wallpaper. Select detail from this picture and filter just the detail. I've selected just two of the elephants and filtered them. Then, I selected the background and blurred it. Do you like it?
filter_images.jpg
Now select the main image in your picture; select inverse (so everything is selected except your main image) and filter the picture
paint_daubs.jpg
Which do you like best?
Cloning and Decloning
Jan. 13th
Cloning
Using the clone tool, we can start with a picture of flowers
Daisies.jpg
Use Alt to set your anchor point
Paint with your mouse to add more flowers
Daisies--cloned.jpg
Or pick the flowers
Daisies--removed.jpg
Or clone from one picture
sub_and_polar_bear4_clone.jpg
to another
Sea_Cave.jpg
Now practice your cloning skills with one of these pictures:
Get rid of the large middle tree (that extends to the top of the picture, or
Get rid of the middle penguin, or
or get rid of the poles like I've done here:
Place your completed project on your wiki page
Cropping
Jan. 10th
three types of cropping
add a picture of each to your wiki
add a group picture of cropped images to your wiki
Three types of cropping--
Marquis (box)
Lasso
Magic wand
Be sure to use the top toolbar to fine tune the tool, i.e.,
Show me a picture of each on your wiki page
For the magic wand:
Use your classroom picture
use just your head
put it onto an
animal
flower
anything to show you understand this skill
use 'free transform' to make it fit better (edit-free transform)
Use 'opacity' to make the background show through a bit (on the image layer's tool box)
save to your wiki page using Heading 1 as 'Cropping'
When you're done:
Open a picture of a bed of daisies, a crowd at the Presidential Inauguration, a group of people with a famous person, etc.
add your picture and several classmates to it as I did below (be sure to get their permission first):
save and add to wiki
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Auto-adjustments
Levels
Gradients
Jan. 6th
Practice keyboarding on TTL4
Basic autofixes
right-click on this picture; copy into Photoshop
use the camera under 'history' to take a picture. Double click and call the picture 'Before'
make auto adjustments under 'image', 'adjustments'
levels
contrast
color
use camera on bottom-right corner of history to take a picture. Call it 'After'
compare Before and After
another way to adjust a too-dark color is with levels
Add your name at the top of the document with correct 8th grade heading
copy-paste this image into the doc
Select the image; go to 'Picture Tools' at the top, center. Copy-paste the image so you have five copies of the original. This will allow you to crop out each little person as a stand-alone.
Crop each image so it's separate
Adjust picture with
artistic effects
change color
Adjust picture styles
pick a style
add an effect
add a border
cant the figure to a different angle (drag the green dot at the top of the image to the angle you'd like)
Take a screen shot and upload to your wiki page. Remember to add a Heading so I see it in the Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Summative Collage
Clean up Your Wiki Page
May 15-31, 2012- paint bucket fill
- gradient
- style
- render clouds
Go to each layer and add the image you created this trimester that fits itCast Shadows
Drop Shadows
ZimmerTwins Presentation
May 8th, 10thSee below for details of Cast shadows.
Done? Try the Drop shadows.
Thursday: Presentation by ZimmerTwins group
QR Codes Presentation
Cast Shadows
Drop Shadows
May 3st, 2012Use your class picture
...and one more
Create a button with a drop shadow following these instructions
...and one
- Drop shadow
- Drop shadow II
Create a drop-shadow for an imageOn your wiki, I want to see:
Actions
May 1st, 2012Try some of the Actions:
- Spatter frame
Create a cast shadow for your class pictureJing Group
Layer Styles
April 26th, 2012Layer styles
Hue/Saturation
April 24, 2012There are two projects today:
- hue/saturation
- change car color
Here's what you do for Hue/SaturationProject: Car Color
Google your favorite car and use Hue-Saturation to change the color.- Copy-paste a picture of your favorite care into PS from Google images
- Use Hue/saturation to change the car's color
- Use history brush to paint the rest of the picture back to the original color (windshields, rims, license plate, bumpers, lights, etc.).
Put both pictures in your wiki so I can see the differenceFilters
Voki Group
April 10th, 12th, 2012Cropping
April 3rd, 5th, 2012Three types of cropping--
- Marquis (box)
- Lasso (and magnetic lasso)
- Magic wand
Be sure to use the top toolbar to fine tune the tool, i.e.,- Practice all three on a picture that follows your selected IB attitude
Two required pictures:1. Your picture on a background that support the IB attitude you've picked as a theme (this will be part of the Summative Collage)
2. Your head on a SMAA-appropriate body (see examples below) that support your IB attitude
Backgrounds
March 29, 2012We will create 4 different backgrounds:
- pick two colors for your clouds
- Filter>render>clouds
Create a drawing showing all of your backgroundsPhotoshop Intro
March 27th, 2012MS Word Graphic Editing
March 22, 2012Today:
Tagxedo
March 20th, 2012- Create a Tagxedo using 50 words that tell me about the IB attitude you've selected.
- Insert tagxedo into your wiki by using Tagxedo's 'share' button and the wiki's embed function. This will make the tagxedo interactive as you see above.
- Add a 3-5 sentence reflection
Be sure to check Discussion Tab on your wiki page to see if I have comments/suggestions for you or if your classmates have visited your pagePrepare Wiki
Avatar
March 15th, 2012Intro to Photoshop
March 13th, 2012Summative Collage -- Clean up Your Wiki Page
February 16th-March 6th, 2012Cast Shadows
Drop Shadows
Feb. 9th-16thCreate a cast shadow for your class picture
- View this video.
- View this video.
- Or follow this video
- or Read these instructions
Use your class pictureCreate a button with a drop shadow following these instructions
- Drop shadow
- Drop shadow II
Create a drop-shadow for an imageOn your wiki, I want to see:
Hue/Saturation
Feb. 7, 9th, 2012There are two projects today:
- hue/saturation
- change car color
Here's what you do for Hue/SaturationProject: Car Color
Google your favorite car and use Hue-Saturation to change the color.- Copy-paste a picture of your favorite care into PS from Google images
- Use Hue/saturation to change the car's color
- Use history brush to paint the rest of the picture back to the original color (windshields, rims, license plate, bumpers, lights, etc.).
Put both pictures in your wiki so I can see the differenceFilters
GettingTrickyWithWikis Group
January 31st, Feb. 2nd, 2012Try different Filters. Take a snapshot of those you like
Cloning
Glogster
January 24th-26th, 2012Make a poster using Glogster about your attitude
Cloning:
- Or clone from one picture
- to another
- Now practice your cloning skills with a picture of your attitude. Show me the original (upload to your wiki page) and show me how you cloned it to express your attitude (upload the edited picture to your page). Reflect on how your changes conveyed your thoughts about your attitude.
For example, clone a third penguin in and show cooperation (in this case, I cloned it OUT and had the original show cooperation):Cropping
January 19th, 21st, 2012Three types of cropping--
- Marquis (box)
- Lasso (and magnetic lasso)
- Magic wand
Be sure to use the top toolbar to fine tune the tool, i.e.,- Practice all three on a picture that follows your selected IB attitude
Two required pictures:1. Your picture on a background that support the IB attitude you've picked as a theme (this will be part of the Summative Collage)
2. Your head on a SMAA-appropriate body (see examples below) that support your IB attitude
Monkey Mail
Voki
Backgrounds
January 11th, 2012Painting
Backgrounds
January 10th- Finish Paint project of your IB attitude
- 5 colors
- 5 brushes
- use text tool to add a title
- change font
- change size
- shape if you want
- use Styles for creative color (on right side, tab)
- be sure you're in the Text layer for this to work
- Save image as a jpg. Notice how PS saves (jpg, psd, tiff, etc)
- Paste into wiki
- Add reflection--was this difficult? Do you like all the options available? Could you do this in KidPix/Paint, as well?
Start Backgrounds--4 different backgrounds- 1. Background--foreground color
- Open a new canvas. Make it 4 by 4
- add a layer. Name it 'paint bucket'
- Select the paint bucket
- Pour a color for the background. It will match the foreground color on your pallet.
- Add another layer. Name it 'pattern'
- Change the top tool selection to pattern and pour a pattern
- 2. Gradient
- Add a new layer. Name it 'gradient'
- Change the paint bucket to gradient
- Pick your gradient tool as follows:
ps_gradiant.png
- Drag mouse across screen and create a gradient background
Next class: Voki teamPoll Daddy
Photoshop Intro
January 5th- Poll Daddy team presents
Photoshop IntroMS Word Graphic Editing
January 3rdToday:
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Prepare Wiki
Avatar
December 13th, 15th- Review IB attitude selections
- Review teams and presentation dates (scroll down toward bottom)--Dylan Patton--Scratch or MonkeyMail
- Review scavenger hunt
- Grades out Friday for your
- wiki page,
- TofC,
- avatar with reflections
- Tagxedo with reflection
- Link your name on 'Student Pages' to your personal wiki page
- Add this wiki to Schoology for easy access
- Finish the Avatar
- Save it using PrintKey 2000 (make sure it has your name in the filename)
- Put avatar on your personal wiki page
- Heading 1 is 'My Avatar'
- Add a reflection about:
- feedback on this project
- why you use an avatar rather than your picture
- how it affects the world/your life/other classes or how the world/your life/other classes affect this project idea
- This is a model on how each of your projects will be added to the wiki
- Create a Tagxedo using 50 words that tell me about the IB attitude you've selected. They must be interactive as you see below:
- Insert tagxedo into your wiki with the embed function
- Add a 3-5 sentence reflection
Be sure to check Discussion Tab on your wiki page to see if I have comments/suggestions for you or if your classmates have visited your pageIntro to Photoshop
November 29th, December 1stAdd your avatar to your wikipage with a heading (formatted in Heading 1 so it appears in the Table of Contents)
Summative Collage
Clean up Your Wiki Page
November 8th-November 17th- Go to the Tagxedo layer and add the Tagxedo you just finished
- Go to Text layer and add big bold text of your attitude
- Go to Paint Picture layer and add the Paint drawing you did at the start of the trimester
- Go to the Cropped Image of Yourself layer
- crop your head out of your school picture
- add just that floating head to the summative collage layer--big enough to see. You might have to enlarge with Free Transform
- Go to Avatar/voki layer and add the avatar or voki you created earlier this trimester
- Go to the Clone Layer and add a picture that says your attitude and shows your cloning skills
- Go to each of the three filter layers and add the three filter pictures you created in class
- Go to Background Layer and create a background with the tools we used earlier this trimester. Make sure it fills the entire layer. Drag this layer so it's right above the background layer. The background tools are:
- paint bucket fill
- gradiant
- style
- Arrange each image on its layer so it shows through to the full collage as you want it to. Remember: You must be on the layer to format/adjust the layer's image
- Save your summative collage as both as a psd and a jpg (make jpg less than 1 MB) in your file folder. Upload it to the class dropbox
- Print jpg using BlockPosters.com. Don't print full size--print so it spreads over 2-4 pages.
- Tape together and turn in
- Done? Check your wiki and be sure it's a representative portfolio of your work
- Create a seal
- Big Huge Labs
- Andy Warholize your pictures
- ASCII art
- more Photoshop skills
- add widgets to your wiki page from Getting Tricky With Wikis
Speed quiz- each project has an example
- each project has a reflection
- there's a Table of Contents with all projects listed
- extraneous material is deleted from the wiki page
Done? Visit our class internet start page for websitesFiltering pictures
November 1, 2011Try different Filters. Take a snapshot of those you like
Add partly-filtered image to your wiki page (like above image or the next one). Call it 'filters'.
Cloning and Decloning
Oct. 27, 2011Cloning
Use Alt to set your anchor point
Paint with your mouse to add more flowers
Or pick the flowers
Or clone from one picture
to another
Now practice your cloning skills with one of these pictures:
Get rid of the large middle tree (that extends to the top of the picture, or
Get rid of the middle penguin, or
or get rid of the poles like I've done here:
Move seats
Cropping
October 25, 2011Three types of cropping--
- Marquis (box)
- Lasso
- Magic wand
Be sure to use the top toolbar to fine tune the tool, i.e.,Two required pictures:
1. Your picture on a background of your choice from Windows Wallpaper (K-4 students)
2. Your head on a SMAA-appropriate body (see examples below)
Backgrounds
Paint Bucket
Styles
Patterns
Gradients
Custom Shapes
October 20, 2011Note: Have this project submitted by noon Friday for full credit. Late: See me for partial credit
Scratch
October 18thScratch group presents today
Auto-adjustments
Levels
October 13th
Today:
Voki
Paint
October 11thPaint
Text
October 6thHere's what you do:
- Paste into wiki
- Add reflection--was this difficult? Do you like all the options available? Could you do this in KidPix/Paint, as well?
- Done? Catch up on other projects not complete (like the Tagxedo, avatar, MS Word editing)
Next week: Voki teamYou Teach--Poll Daddy
Intro to Photoshop
Oct. 4thTuesday: We learn how to use a PollDaddy.
Tuesday/Thursday:
Here's what you do:
MS Word Photo Editing
Sept. 29thToday:
(I don't know if the animated ducks will work. They're just fun)
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Done? Continue work on your Summative--You Teach
Done? Start on Summative II
Summative I
Sept. 27Take this class to work with your partners on Summative--You Teach. Work with your groups. This may be the only time you have in class to work on this (exception: Scratch group)
Avatar (cont'd)
Tagxedo
Sept. 22Speed Quiz
Teaching Group Assignments
Avatar
Sept. 20th
Scavenger Hunt
Sept. 15thIntro II to Photoshop
Sept. 13thIntroduction to Photoshop
Sept. 8thExtra Credit:
Would you like to write an article for my technology blog, Ask a Tech Teacher? Would you like 5 points Extra Credit? Here's what you do:You may also write a post for my other blogs:
Work on Summative II
May 17th, 26thCast Shadows
Drop Shadows
If timeCreate a cast shadow for your class picture
- View this video.
- View this video.
- Or follow this video
- or Read these instructions
Use your class pictureBe creative.
Create a button with a drop shadow following these instructions
- Drop shadow
- Drop shadow II
Create a drop-shadow for an imageOn your wiki, I want to see:
- you with a drop shadow
- you with a cast shadow of your alter ego
- a button with a drop shadow
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Hue/Saturation
May 12th, 17thThere are two projects today:
- hue/saturation
- change car color
Here's what you do for Hue/SaturationProject: Car Color
Google your favorite car and change the color.- Copy-paste a picture of your favorite care into PS from Google images
- Use Hue/saturation to change the car's color
- Use history brush to paint the rest of the picture back to the original color. Make sure you paint back windows, bumpers, lights, etc.
Put both pictures in your wiki so I can see the differenceHistory Brush
Art History Brush
One more way to filter a picture is with the art history brush.Next, select the Art History tool. It's under the History Brush
Save to your wiki.
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Filtering pictures
May 3rdSummative 1 is now past due.
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Add to your wiki page.
Add to your wiki page (this image or the next one)
Keyboard practice
Cloning and Decloning
April 26th-28thCloning
Use Alt to set your anchor point
Paint with your mouse to add more flowers
Or pick the flowers
Or clone from one picture
to another
Now practice your cloning skills with one of these pictures:
Get rid of the large middle tree (that extends to the top of the picture, or
Get rid of the middle penguin, or
or get rid of the poles like I've done here:
Place your completed projects (one of cloning within a picture, one cloning between pictures and one removing an item from a picture) on your wiki page
Cropping
April 21- three types of cropping
- add a picture of each to your wiki
Three types of cropping--- Marquis (box)
- Lasso
- Magic wand
Be sure to use the top toolbar to fine tune the tool, i.e.,Show me a picture of two on your wiki page
Two required pictures:
1. Your picture on a background of your choice from Windows Wallpaper (K-4 students)
2. Your head on a SMAA-appropriate body (see examples below)
When you're done, save and add to wikiBackgrounds
Styles
Patterns
Gradients
Custom Shapes
April 19thAuto-adjustments
Levels
Gradients
April 14thReminder: Final project is to use 15 tools you learned and 15 pictures to create a poster.
Reminder: Be sure to complete a weekly journal--what we did, what you liked/didn't, what was hard/easy,
Reminder: Visit other students wikipages. Leave comments. DO NOT EDIT THEIR PAGES! This will get you in trouble.
Painting
Text
April 12thKeyboarding
Painting
Text
March 31stToday:
- Fill in a blank keyboard with a partner
- Introduction to Photoshop
- Paint something in Photoshop.
- Add a text title
- Upload to your wiki page
Here's what you do:MS Word Photo Editing
March 29thToday:
Insert into your wiki page.
Done?
- Do your journal
- Make your Getting Tricky with Wikis choice
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Big Huge Labs
Getting Tricky With Wikis
March 24thSpeed Quiz
Tagxedo
March 22ndJoin Wikispaces
Join this wiki
Create a Wikipage
Table of Contents
Avatar
March 17thWhen setting out your page highlight the heading, select the type of heading you want from the popup menu -
=Introduction to Photoshop=
March 15th
Extra Credit:
Would you like to write an article for my technology blog, Ask a Tech Teacher? Would you like 5 points Extra Credit? Here's what you do:- Visit the blog
- Review a few of the articles to get a sense of the structure
- Write a post about your thoughts on technology as an eighth grader, how you use your technology, what you see in the future, or a book review on a book that relates to the topic
- All articles must be up-beat, positive encouraging to readers. A sense of humor is welcome
You may also write a post for my other blogs:=
Complete Summative Collage
Feb. 28th-March. 17thYou will have the last three class periods to complete this hi-value summative project
Actions
Custom Shapes
Feb. 17thGo the TypingTest.com and take two practice speed quizes in preparation for next school week's graded speed quiz
Now Photoshop. First, Actions
Now, try a different Action--Quadrants
Now, thy any Action you want. Experiment.Post all three onto your wiki page.
Now, Custom Shapes
Render Clouds
Spotlight
Feb. 15thFirst, Render Clouds
Second, Spotlight
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Layers
Collage
Feb. 10thTwo tasks today:
This is how you will do your summative project on Earth Day--find lots of pictures, add each to its own layer, filter/format them, artfully arrange them to tell your story. You will have to use 20 tools; you now have 15. We're almost there.
- create a shadow of one item in the picture
- save collage as a jpg and a psd and add to your wiki
Done? Add your projects to the Project pages on the left sidebar.Layer Styles
Feb. 10thIf you finish the cast/drop shadows, play with the 'layer style' tool. It's on the bottom right, under 'layers'. It looks like a cursive 'f'.
Try its options. Create a drawing using some of the options. Post to your wiki.
Cast Shadows
Drop Shadows
Jan. 31st-Feb. 8thCreate a cast shadow for your class picture
- View this video.
- View this video.
- Or follow this video
- or Read these instructions
Use your class pictureBe creative.
Create a button with a drop shadow following these instructions
- Drop shadow
- Drop shadow II
Create a drop-shadow for an imageOn your wiki, I want to see:
- you with a drop shadow
- you with a cast shadow of yourself
- you with a cast shadow of something not yourself
- a button with a drop shadow
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Red Eye
Whiten Teeth
Blemishes
Jan. 27thNow blemishes or wrinkles:
Hue/Saturation
Jan. 25thThere are three projects on this day:
- hue/saturation
- straighten out the Leaning Tower of Pisa
- change car color
Here's what you do for Hue/SaturationProject: Focal Point
Project: Car Color
Google your favorite car and change the color.- Copy-paste a picture of your favorite care into PS from Google images
- Use Hue/saturation to change the car's color
- Use history brush to paint the rest of the picture back to the original color
- Or, come up with your own way
Put both pictures in your wiki so I can see the differenceHistory Brush
Jan. 20thReview Summative #1--teach the class a skill
Here's another way to filter just part of your picture:
- Open a picture, like this one of the dogs
Dogs.gif
- Filter it, say, as paint daubs
dogsdaubs.jpg
- Go to history; select the original picture and click the space in front of it
dogs_history.png
- Use the history brush on the left and paint over some of the dogs--they return to their original pristine condition
dogs_history.jpg
- Now select your own picture from the internet and do the same skill.
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Art History Brush
One more way to filter a picture is with the art history brush.
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Filtering pictures
Jan. 18thTake 10 minutes to finish the cloning project. If you're finished, go to TTL4.
Cloning and Decloning
Jan. 13thCloning
Use Alt to set your anchor point
Paint with your mouse to add more flowers
Or pick the flowers
Or clone from one picture
to another
Now practice your cloning skills with one of these pictures:
Get rid of the large middle tree (that extends to the top of the picture, or
Get rid of the middle penguin, or
or get rid of the poles like I've done here:
Place your completed project on your wiki page
Cropping
Jan. 10th- three types of cropping
- add a picture of each to your wiki
- add a group picture of cropped images to your wiki
Three types of cropping--- Marquis (box)
- Lasso
- Magic wand
Be sure to use the top toolbar to fine tune the tool, i.e.,Show me a picture of each on your wiki page
For the magic wand:
When you're done:=
Auto-adjustments
Levels
Gradients
Jan. 6th
Reminder: Final project is to use 15 tools you learned and 15 pictures to create a poster.
Reminder: Be sure to complete a weekly journal--what we did, what you liked/didn't, what was hard/easy,
Reminder: Visit other students wikipages. Leave comments. DO NOT EDIT THEIR PAGES! This will get you in trouble.
- Drag mouse across screen and create a background
- Smudge with smudge tool--be sure you're on the correct layer
- Add text
- Take a screen shot and upload to your wiki page
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Painting
Text
Jan. 4thToday:
- Paint something in Photoshop. Notice
- new image dialogue box
- inches vs. pixels
- size of image
- title box
- tool bars
- history box
- Navigator
- Channel
- foreground/background color
- Add a text title
- Upload to your wiki page
Here's what you do:MS Word Photo Editing
Dec. 16thToday:
Add Your Pic to Your Folder
Edit File Name
Big Huge Labs Photo Formatting
Dec. 14thToday:
Create a Wikipage
Table of Contents
Avatar
Tagxedo
Dec. 2ndWhen setting out your page highlight the heading, select the type of heading you want from the popup menu -
Add your first name (and/or handle) to the top of the wiki where it asks for it
- Add your avatar to your wikipage with a heading (formatted in Heading 1 so it appears in the Table of Contents)
- Create a Tagxedo using 50 words that tell me what you want to learn in Photoshop
- Add it to your wiki page
=Introduction to Photoshop
Nov. 30th